From old era to new era legacy continues. Last friday night, International Convention City Bashundhara hall 2 was like full of festive mood as some of the country's finest bands from old era to new era —Ark, Artcell, Nemesis, Highway , Indalo, Karnival,Dads in the park and many more—assembled to give audiences a performance to remember. The concert, "Mixtape Vol I", was organised by Dhaka Broadcast, in association with Skitto sim Although, the day-long event began at 3:00pm on Friday, many young people had begun gathering outside the venue as early as possible indie-rock band, Dads in the Park famously known for their duo band set-up opened up the show, performing their hit songs Lullaby, Pareidolia, Afeenolove and their newly released song in to the iris. As more music loving people entered the hall, Highway took to stage, and the crowd's energy skyrocketed with their heartfelt songs. Following their performance, Karnival and Indalo shuffled through their songs, taking the audience on a journey through their discographies. More than 4,000 people had shown up for the concert, and this showed when they began singing along with Ashes, to fan favourite songs like, "Dhulabali", "Tamak", and "Shey Amare". Ashes was followed by Nemesis, and by then, the crowd was singing along with whichever song was playing, in unison. Afterwards, Artcell rocked the stage with their power-packed performance, getting the crowd to tap into as much of their energy as they had left. As always crowed favourite dhukkho bilash played on stage everyone started singing with the band. However, the moment Ark stepped onto the stage, with Hasan welcoming everyone, the crowd went absolutely crazy. Ark's intense energy and passion even brought many in the audience to tears. The band performed their hit songs, "Protisruti", "Sweety", "Eto Koshto Keno", and many more. The concert ended with the fan favourite "Ja Re Ja". Firday night experience was absolutely amazing. The show took us back to our college days. The young crowd carried the same craze we had for concerts back then. The crowd was very specific and clean, their response was spectacular," said Hasan, frontman of Ark. "If we had not performed at Mixtape Vol I, I would have never guessed that the younger fans would vibe with our songs. Now, we have a few shows lined-up, which will take place outside of Dhaka. We look forward to performing on a regular basis from now on," he added #studentjournalist

Sunset Studios, a Bangladeshi film production studio announced their first anime project "Dead End". In a talk with the Director of Dead End Project Irfan Chowdhury he insured us that "This will be insane. I don't think it has even hit us how amazing and game changing this will be not only for the Animation scene in Bangladesh but as a community, the people are not ready. I get excited just knowing what is coming up. The story is flawless, the visuals are flawless, and oh my god the animation is flawless. Cannot wait for people to see this masterpiece, we have the best of the best working on it." The synopsis of the story In the year 2100, in a futuristic city of Bangladesh. Zayn Khan, a brilliant engineer, protagonist tries to fulfill his father's dream. He will become involved with the 'The Hawks,' a street racing gang led by Alvan Haque.! Dead End Project Staff - Director : Irfan Chowdhury, Jiewon Hong Writer : Irfan Chowdhury, Abdullah Zahir Babu Animation production : Locust Ali, Kavayra Production : Sunset Studios Ltd. #studentjournalist